Blockhouse Bay North East

Blockhouse Bay North East recorded 84 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 37.5 per 1,000 residents across about 2,238 residents. These are offences recorded by New Zealand Police, which reflect what was reported and recorded rather than all crime that occurred.

The crime rate in Blockhouse Bay North East is 37.5 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 84 recorded offences across about 2,238 residents. A rate counts offences against a suburb's resident population, so town centres and commercial areas can show high rates because offences there involve people who do not live there.

The most common offence category in Blockhouse Bay North East is theft, with 52 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 62% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (28).

Recorded offences in Blockhouse Bay North East have fallen 7.1% over the most recent three-month period compared with the previous three months. This is a three-month comparison, not a year-on-year one, and short windows move around a lot in small areas.

Blockhouse Bay North East ranks 229 of 633 suburbs in Auckland by crime rate, where 1 is the highest rate. This is a ranking of recorded crime, not a safety rating, and it compares Blockhouse Bay North East only with other suburbs in Auckland — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Blockhouse Bay North East, Auckland come from New Zealand Police recorded victimisation data, published through police.govt.nz, and are grouped to Stats NZ Statistical Area 2 (SA2) boundaries. They count offences recorded by Police, so they reflect reporting and recording practice as well as underlying offending.